Common Abbreviations

#1

In it’s long history, the Dark Sun community has adopted a number of common abbreviations when referring to various products. This list is expanded here, for referece:

  • DS1 : The Dark Sun Boxed Set

  • DS2 : Dark Sun: Expanded and Revised

  • DS3 : Athas.org 3rd edition

  • DS4 : the Dark Sun Campaign Setting (4e)

  • AG : Asticlian Gambit

  • AS : Arcane Shadows

  • BS : Black Spine

  • BW : Black Waters

  • CbtSS : City by the Silt Sea

  • CSoT : City State of Tyr

  • DC : Dragon’s Crown

  • DT : Dune Trader

  • EoA : Elves of Athas

  • EAFW : Earth, Air, Fire and Water

  • FM : Forest Maker

  • FR : Freedom

  • IT : Ivory Triangle

  • MHoA : Merchant House of Amketch

  • MoN : Marauders of Nibenay

  • RtU : Road to Urik

  • ST : Slave Tribes

  • VA : Veiled Alliance

  • VoDaF : Valley of Dust and Fire

  • WatW : The Will and the Way

  • WJ – Wanderer’s Journal

  • DSML : The Dark Sun Mailing List, an old email forum where we used to talk about this stuff.

#2

Here are some more:
Abbreviations
AG – Asticlian Gambit
AS – Arcane Shadows
BS – Black Spine
BW – Black Waters
CbtSS - City by the Silt Sea
CSoT – City State of Tyr
DC – Dragon’s Crown
DT – Dune Trader
EAFW – Earth, Air, Fire & Water
EoA – Elves of Athas
FM – Forest Maker
FR - Freedom
IT – Ivory Triangle
MHoA – Merchant House of Amketch
MoN – Marauders of Nibenay
RtU – Road to Urik
ST – Slave Tribes
VA – Veiled Alliance
VoDaF – Valley of Dust and Fire
WatW – Will and the Way
WJ – Wanderer’s Journal

#3

I had a whole page of them from when I used to do the DSML FAQ, was gonna find and paste that.

But, also, I was looking for – and have found – how to make an entry a wiki, so basically anyone can edit it. Which works for me in this case.

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